Holiday Inn Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa (TBC)
DAY #1
Time
Agenda
09:00 – 09:30
Registration and arrival tea and coffee
Day 1: Session 1 – ERP and Cloud Computing Landscape
09:30 – 09:40
Welcome and introductions
09:40 – 10:40
· ERP and cloud computing landscape globally – key trends
· Prime and emerging concepts pertaining to cloud computing and ERPs
· Standardizing cloud computing and ERP terminology
· Overview of overarching standards and best practices –the world context
10:40 – 11:00
Morning Tea and Networking
Day 1: Session 2 – Architectural and Platform Issues
11:00 – 12:30
· Industry-standard N-Tier cloud and ERP system architectures
· Service-Oriented (SOA) cloud architectures
· Cloud-delivered web services for ERPs
· Impact of virtualization of compute services on commercial ERP schemes
12:30 – 13:00
Discussion session
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
Day 1: Session 3 – Optimizing Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (Iaas) Schemes for ERPs
14:00 – 15:00
· Contemporary storage and network virtualization models applicable to organization-centric IaaS
· Cloud storage structures and file systems - Global trends
· Serverless and Micro-Services oriented cloud paradigms
15:00 – 15:20
Afternoon Tea and Networking
15:20 – 16:40
· Practical design work with AWS and/or Azure cloud systems
16:40 – 17.00
Review session for the day’s topics
Continued/…
DAY #2
Delegate arrival tea and coffee
Day 2: Session 1 – Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Issues for ERPs
Day 2 Opening Remarks
· Addressing cloud platform as a service (PaaS) issues –Organization-centric solutions
· Optimizing PaaS cloud services provisions for ERPs
· SQL and NoSQL database support functionality for ERP cloud PaaS consumers
Day 2: Session 2 – Enhancing Cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) for ERPs
· SaaS on-demand service models and ERP operational costs
· ERP cloud virtualization at desktop-level and cloud-based collaboration
· Leveraging newer derivatives of SaaS –Using MSaaS, MBaaS and DaaS in Africa
Day 2: Session 3 – Privacy and Cloud Systems Security Considerations for ERP Schemes
· Security models encompassing cloud access control and trust management
· Privacy by Design techniques for ERP-Cloud Data Protection Systems
· Optimizing use of cloud privacy enhancing technologies (CPETs)
· Managing ERP & Cloud assets, risks, threats and vulnerabilities
· Cloud design patterns suitable for ERPs in the global context
· Cloud ERP compliance and risk management issues
· Market and costs economic aspects of ERP cloud systems
Closing remarks
